New Delhi, Sept. 24 -- Asserting that the "Deshdrohis will be punished", Congress MP and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Thursday demanded the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and alleged irregularities in the electoral process. Gandhi accused the poll body of failing to protect the "vote chori".

Launching a vitriolic attack against the Bharatiya Janata Party and Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar in the wake of reports that the objections of Election Commissioners, including on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter rolls, were being ignored, he said that the person who attacks the vote and fundamentally destroys India's democratic institutions is nothing less than a "deshdrohi". ...